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Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Johnthan Banks runs with the ball during NFL football rookie minicamp Friday, May 3, 2013, in Tampa, Fla.

For most Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans this offseason, the chatter was about how the Buccaneers would spend their wealth of salary cap space to improve an awful pass defense, and upgrade a team record-setting offense.

The Buccaneers at all times made it clear that they wanted cornerback Ronde Barber to return for a 17th season.

I love Ronde Barber as much as anyone. He started 215 consecutive games and was the final piece of string connecting us to the Buccaneers dynasty defense.

This offseason in Tampa Bay was mostly spent assuming that Eric Wright was on his way out of town.

Johnthan Banks isn't making any bold predictions about the impact he'll have as a rookie with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

Welcome to the second installment of "If the Season Began Today", a monthly series I will be doing up until opening day to give you all a gauge to measure the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' progress this offseason.

It's only May, but it's never too early to make predictions for what the Tampa Buccaneers roster will look like in September.

Johnthan Banks is a tall, lanky cornerback who is at his best as a press cornerback.

In 2012, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had one of the worst secondaries in the NFL. A healthy Darrelle Revis would obviously change that.

The Buccaneers didn't wait for Ronde Barber to decide on his future before they dealt with the future of their secondary.

The NFL has suspended Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Justin Blackmon for the first four games of the 2013 regular season for violating the league's substance-abuse policy, an AFC spokesman announced Tuesday afternoon.

The odd part is the majority of Glennon being a solid pick has more to do with Freeman and his contract situation.

Well, it's been an exciting few days for the Buccaneer faithful, with the Darrelle Revis trade finally consummated and the draft, but there's still a long offseason before football's truly back.

We thought that the secondary might have been set after the signing of safety Dashon Goldson and the trade for corner Darrelle Revis.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers used the 2013 NFL Draft to address needs at cornerback, quarterback and defensive line.

Darius Slay and Johnthan Banks didn't have to wait long Friday night to hear their names called.

The NFC South second-round picks just wrapped up. I'll do a quick analysis on each of the three .

Last year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended the season with the number one rushing defense in the league.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have added cornerback Johnthan Banks in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.